Department of the Environment and Water Resources
DEW
30 January 2007 – 3 December 2007
Previously Department of the Environment and Heritage (1998–2007). Renamed Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts in 2007.
Department of State responsible for environment protection, heritage, national water policy and Murray–Darling Basin reform, greenhouse policy, Antarctica and meteorology.
Names over time
- Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories1987–1991
- Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories1991–1993
- Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories1993–1997
- Department of the Environment1997–1998
- Department of the Environment and Heritage1998–2007
- Department of the Environment and Water Resources2007
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts2007–2010
- Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities2010–2013
- Department of the Environment2013–2016
- Department of the Environment and Energy2016–2020
How it came into existence
Created on 30 January 2007 when the Department of the Environment and Heritage was renamed in a Howard ministry reshuffle and given national water policy, including the Office of Water Resources from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and water resources functions from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
- Environment protection
- Heritage
- Greenhouse policy
- Antarctica
- Meteorology
- National water policy (Office of Water Resources)
- Portfolio oversight of the National Water Commission
- Water resources policy
- Portfolio oversight of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission
The water functions taken from the agriculture portfolio are not confirmed.
How it ended
Became the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts on 3 December 2007. Climate change policy and most of the Australian Greenhouse Office went to the new Department of Climate Change, while the Office's energy efficiency and renewable energy programs stayed with the renamed department.
- Climate change policy
- Environment protection
- Water
- Heritage
- Antarctica
- Meteorology
Main functions
- Environment protection and biodiversity conservation
- National water policy and the National Plan for Water Security
- Murray–Darling Basin reform and the Water Act 2007
- Heritage
- Greenhouse policy (Australian Greenhouse Office)
- Antarctic program
- Meteorology
Bodies in this portfolio (1)
- Australian Greenhouse Office 1998–2007
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 21 September 2006, as amended to 30 January 2007 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 3 December 2007 (took effect as it ended)
Some dates or links for this organisation are not fully confirmed. Corrections are welcome.